I have a concern about my penis... - Men's Health Message Board

pplperson · 10-17-2006, 04:23 PM

Hi, I am young and I have been a little worried about something. On my penis right below the head the color of the skin is very white.. not like a problem but like the opposite of a tan.. then about an inch down theres like a ring that starts the normal color, more tan. And it's a very noticable difference to. The first time I noticed it was like serveral months ago and the night before that day I was masturbating and something may have went wrong because I had a horrible pain kind of throb to my penis which woke me up in the middle of the night and which I remember was very painful, and when i woke up that day it was like that and i was scared and very concerned but havent mentioned it to anyone yet.. i thought it would go away or go back to normal but to this day its exactly the same. So I'm just wondering if this is normal, if that was the cause, if other people had it, etc. Any help will be great! Thanks in advance!

tommy124 · 10-19-2006, 11:02 AM

try looking up vitiligo.

pplperson · 10-19-2006, 03:29 PM

no its not like that.. thanks anyways..

xandergr8 · 10-20-2006, 10:30 PM

Could it be your circumcision scar? That shows as differences in pigmentation in the location you describe, and frequently a ring that on a white man appears more tan than the rest of his skin. It's perfectly normal. This is where your foreskin used to be attached.

pplperson · 10-21-2006, 07:35 AM

i was circumsized at birth and as i said it just happened out of no where.. very strange.. after one night where i may have done something wrong when masterbating because it hurt really badly like a throbing pain which kept me up most of the night.. i have no idea how that could have made it so it had that.. i dont know how it could be from that because it goes down too far i think anyways.. thanks anyway.. maybe it does have something to do with that though.. once i get my next physical hopfully my doctor can tell me what it is...